DEP2004 - Exam 1 with Complete
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Development - ✔✔Pattern of change that starts at conception and
continues through the life span
What are the 3 contextual influences of the life span? - ✔✔1. Normative
age-graded influence
2. Normative history-graded influence
3. Nonnormative life events
Normative Age-Graded Influence - ✔✔Biological and environmental
influences that are similar for people in the same age group
Normative History-Graded Influence - ✔✔Generational
Nonnormative Life Events - ✔✔Unusual occurrences in an individual's life
Social Policy - ✔✔Government's action to promote the welfare of citizens
What are the 3 processes of development? - ✔✔1. Biological - changes in
an individual's physical nature
2. Cognitive - changes in thought, intelligence, and language
3. Socioemotional - changes in relationships, emotions, and personality
, Prenatal Period - ✔✔(Before birth)
Single cell to a complete organism with a brain and behavior
Infancy Period - ✔✔(Birth - 24 months)
Language, symbolic thought, coordination, and social learning
Early Childhood - ✔✔(24 months - 6 years)
self-sufficient, follow instructions, and play with peers
Middle/Late Childhood - ✔✔(6 years - 11 years)
Reading, writing, math, and striving to achieve
Adolescence - ✔✔(12 years - 22 years)
Dramatic physical changes, pursuit of independence/identity,
logical/abstract/idealistic thought
Early Adulthood - ✔✔(Late teens - 30's)
Independence, career prominence, and finding a mate
Middle Adulthood - ✔✔(40's - 60's)
Personal/social involvement, assisting the next generation, maintaining
career
Late Adulthood - ✔✔(60's - death)
Life review, retirement, decreased strength/health
Biological Age - ✔✔Health of an individual
Solutions | Rated A+
Development - ✔✔Pattern of change that starts at conception and
continues through the life span
What are the 3 contextual influences of the life span? - ✔✔1. Normative
age-graded influence
2. Normative history-graded influence
3. Nonnormative life events
Normative Age-Graded Influence - ✔✔Biological and environmental
influences that are similar for people in the same age group
Normative History-Graded Influence - ✔✔Generational
Nonnormative Life Events - ✔✔Unusual occurrences in an individual's life
Social Policy - ✔✔Government's action to promote the welfare of citizens
What are the 3 processes of development? - ✔✔1. Biological - changes in
an individual's physical nature
2. Cognitive - changes in thought, intelligence, and language
3. Socioemotional - changes in relationships, emotions, and personality
, Prenatal Period - ✔✔(Before birth)
Single cell to a complete organism with a brain and behavior
Infancy Period - ✔✔(Birth - 24 months)
Language, symbolic thought, coordination, and social learning
Early Childhood - ✔✔(24 months - 6 years)
self-sufficient, follow instructions, and play with peers
Middle/Late Childhood - ✔✔(6 years - 11 years)
Reading, writing, math, and striving to achieve
Adolescence - ✔✔(12 years - 22 years)
Dramatic physical changes, pursuit of independence/identity,
logical/abstract/idealistic thought
Early Adulthood - ✔✔(Late teens - 30's)
Independence, career prominence, and finding a mate
Middle Adulthood - ✔✔(40's - 60's)
Personal/social involvement, assisting the next generation, maintaining
career
Late Adulthood - ✔✔(60's - death)
Life review, retirement, decreased strength/health
Biological Age - ✔✔Health of an individual
